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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
2
Nevada farmers are urged to use a new Department of Agriculture spray method to combat alfalfa weevil. The plan, tested seven years, costs about $1 per acre and is effective when applied to growing parts of the plant next spring. Arsenate of lead or zinc and arsenate of jend are recommended as suitable poisons.
Nevada news reports an extra 7.50 charge for Sunday funerals by Mountain View Cemetery Association to discourage Sunday services. University of Nevada enrollment surpasses 450 with 452 registered and more expected. Fallon fair displays record agricultural products signaling prosperity. Reno housing concerns prompt Chamber of Commerce action against rent profiteering amid high rents. Reno attorney George Springmeyer shot in the leg by a hold-up man on First Street during an attempted robbery. he resisted and was injured as the assailant fled.
Three applicants seeking American citizenship for aliens who claimed draft exemption paid penalties deemed unwise. Judge B F Lunsford dismissed their naturalization bids, forcing a five year wait before they may file again and restart the naturalization process from the beginning.
Ely Record reports a shareholders get together at city hall to outline plans amid tool delays and a deep well at 670 feet. Ira MacFarland advocated recovering tools and continuing work, with a midweek meeting to decide. New officers include C. H. Bent as secretary treasurer. 100000 shares promoted for treasury.
A summary from the Chicago American Chemical Society session outlines cheap fuel developments including coal dust and petroleum waste mixtures, lignite upgrading, and half-cooked coal. It highlights sweet potato syrup for bakers, a new sawdust cattle feed, cellulose and paper production updates, dye chemistry advances, and glycerine as a vanilla extract substitute.
The Bradstreet Trade Journal notes a 16 to 26 percent cut in next Spring woolens under 1920 prices. This is the first woolen reduction since the raw wool slump last Spring, signaling a lag before consumer benefit. Wool stocks remain high and sale activity weak, leaving growers in financial distress.
Registration books for the general election to be held on November 2, 1920 will close October 12, 1920. Electors may register at the County Clerk's office or before a Deputy Registrar at their precinct offices as provided by law.
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